Unit II Assessment Hys

QUESTION 1

1. What is a labor contract that young, impoverished, and often illiterate English men (and occasionally English women) signed in England pledging to work for a number of years?

		slavery
		indentured servitude
		headright system
		tenantry

QUESTION 2

1. Which document is sometimes referred to as the “first American governing document”?

		Magna Carta
		Mayflower Compact
		Articles of Confederation
		The Constitution

QUESTION 3

1. The Carolinas started to pass slave codes around this time:

		Early 1600s
		Late 1600s
		Early 1700s
		Late 1700s

QUESTION 4

1. New England’s maritime economy relied on all of the following EXCEPT:

		scores of oceangoing ships.
		transportation of Virginian tobacco.
		transportation of West Indian sugar.
		immigrants and outsiders.

QUESTION 5

1. Quaker culture discouraged all of the following common colonial actions EXCEPT:

		war and conflict.
		slavery.
		anti-immigrant views.
		segregation from native tribes.

QUESTION 6

1. Match the description given to the most appropriate colony.

Strong, dominant Puritan population                                                                          Site of Bacon's Rebellion                                                                          Strong Catholic community and refuge                                                                          Home of the first American synagogue                                                                          Thrived from the ability to grow rice and indigo

A. Virginia B. New York C. Massachusetts D. Pennsylvania E. South Carolina F. Maryland

QUESTION 7

1. Match the description given to the most appropriate term.

Required Native American towns to supply a pool of labor for Spanish overlords                                                                          Exploited assigned Native Americans to work and defend the colony and spread Christianity                                                                          French "farm-settlers," fur traders, and missionaries                                                                          Large tracts of land and the right to govern the tenants there in exchange for passage costs                                                                          Detailed annual reports about spreading Catholicism to the native peoples

A. Jesuit Relations B. indenture C. patroonships D. encomienda E. habitants F. repartimiento

QUESTION 8

1. Discuss how the religious and social issues of Europe helped to define and segregate the early American colonies. Your response must be at least 200 words in length.